collect one's thoughts

collect yourself/your thoughts

1 try to control your emotions and become calm: I’m fine — I just need a minute to collect myself.2 prepare yourself mentally for something: She paused to collect her thoughts before entering the interview room.

So in a sense I think you collect yourself in that, if you have questions that you are dwelling on, then you are attracted to the art that addresses them, and so in turn, in your collection, you see a story of part of your life.

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